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May 17, 2009 at 12:01 AM

SUNDAY | 5.17The Henry and Dora Beard Simmons family reunion will be held from noon to 2 p.m. at the Martling Friendship Center, north of Red Mill. All family members and friends are invited to attend and bring a covered dish. For information, call Tony Simmons, 593-6825, or Charles Westbrooks, 878-5300.The Northside Community Club (A.P.T.T.) meets at 4 p.m. at 411 North Ninth Street.The faculty and staff of Glencoe High School will honor Moe Smith, who recently announced will retire at the end of the 2009 school year. A reception is planned in his honor from 2 to 4 p.m. at Glencoe High School. Everyone is invited to attend.The Gadsden/Etowah County Chapter of Alabama A&M University Alumni Association will host its 10th year Anniversary Celebration Re-Charter Reception at 4 p.m. in the Arthur Green Room at Convention Hall. All A&M Alumnus and the public are invited.

WEDNESDAY | 5.20Southside Seniors Club meets at 10 a.m. in the Southside Community Center. This is covered dish day.Attalla Golden Age Club meets at 10 a.m. in the Attalla Community Center, Case Avenue.Elliott Senior Center meets at noon at Elliott Community Center.Northeast Etowah Senior Citizens meets at 10:30 a.m. in the community center.A Strawberry/Organic Field Day will be held from 10 a.m. to noon at Gypsy Ranch, 10501 Fairview Cove Road in Altoona. Topics will include an on-farm demonstration of strawberry production, plasticulture, shiitake mushroom demonstration, soil fertility, along with presentations on organic vegetable production, marketing, value-added horticultural crop and starting vegetables from seed in the greenhouse. The field day is free to the public, however for planning purposes interested persons are asked to pre-register by calling William (Cricket) and Kim Adams, 256-840-4994, or the Marshall County Extension System, Marshall County Office, 256-582-2009.Sign-up for the Yellow Dot program, which aids in communication in case of an accident, is from 10 a.m. to noon May 20, N.E. Etowah County Community Center. Participants will receive a yellow sticker for their rear window and a yellow folder for important information to be kept in the glove box.

THURSDAY | 5.21El Señor Club meets at 10 a.m. in the Senior Activity Center. Rotary Club meets at noon in the Gadsden Country Club. The Gadsden Whirl-a-Way Square Dance Club, sponsored by the Gadsden Parks and Recreation Department, meets from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Senior Activity Center. Call 546-5110 or 492-0530.Etowah County Past Masters Club meets at 7 p.m. at Gadsden Masonic Temple. All Etowah County Past Masters are urged to attend.North Gadsden, Oakleigh Estates Save Our Neighborhood meets at 6 p.m. at Thompson Recreation Center. Call Elsie Waters, 546-7476.

FRIDAY | 5.22Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2760 has a weekly dance from 8 p.m. to midnight featuring Klasix’s Reunited in the post home, North Third Street. Call 546-5072.Friday night karaoke is from 7:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. in Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8600, South Third Street, with Mike and Lori.Attalla’s D.A.R.E. Program’s Top Model, Junior Top Model and Petite Top Model Search, sponsored by Brittany Lynn Modeling, will be at 7 p.m. Cost is $3 at the door. For information, call Brittany Lynn, 538-2898 or 312-9261; Joyce Stocks, 390-0548; or Capt. Bone, 504-9496.Hokes Bluff Seniors and Friends meet at 10:30 a.m. at Hokes Bluff Community Center.

SATURDAY | 5.23Wilson Parris Post 8600 has a dance from 8 p.m. to midnight.A Senior Citizens dance is held from 6 to 9:30 p.m. every Saturday at Carnes Recreation Center, Attalla, featuring The Good Time Band.Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5173, Guntersville, has a dance at 7:30 p.m. Legend Band plays.A pancake breakfast will be held from 6 to 11 a.m. at Altoona Community Center, next to the fire department on Alabama Highway 132. Cost is $5 per person. All proceeds will benefit West End Band.Cedar Bend Masonic Lodge will hold its annual barbecue from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. May 23 at their building beside Jack’s in Southside, directly across from the old Southside High School. Plate lunches will be available for $6 each. The money raised will be used to support the group’s scholarship fund, available to local students who plan to pursue education beyond the high school level, and other charitable endeavors.

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